Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana

H. H. Heller’s Conjurer’s Cabinet No. 2 Magic Set. New York, ca. 1880. Attractive kit includes well-made wooden props: Egg Vase, Marble Vase (with two large marbles), Coin Vanishing Box (with gimmicked two-cent coin), and ring box; as well as a Shower of Sweets gimmick, flap Card Box, and Finger Through Hat. Sturdy marbled paper box with letterpress printed one-color label to lid. 10 ½ x 7 x 2 ½”. Several original instruction slips for individual tricks bearing Heller’s name included. An early American magic set and the first example we have encountered. Rare.